Kids want to do what you're doing. They want to be with you. Yep, it's quicker and easier to just do the task yourself most of the time, but the benefits of letting them help you far outweigh accuracy and efficiency.
I recently cared for four children (ages 3, 5, 8, & 10) for a couple of days. There were dishes to be washed, and I prefer hand-washing over dishwashers for some reason, so I started to wash them. The five and eight year old immediately wanted to help. I let the eight year old boy rinse and the five year old girl dry the dishes. For a little while the three year old did some drying, too.
It certainly wasn't the most efficient way to get the dishes clean, but I wouldn't trade those moments of laughter and hymn singing for anything!
Little moments like these are what your kids will remember in years to come!
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